Wikipedia say, Producer Dr. Dre wanted to use a sample of Labi Siffre‘s “I Got The …” for the rhythm track; as revealed in the sleeve notes of the re-mastered CD of the source album, Remember My Song, Siffre, who is openly gay, stated, “attacking two of the usual scapegoats, women and gays, is lazy writing. If you want to do battle, attack the aggressors not the victims.” Eminem made lyric changes and Siffre cleared the sample. There are currently three different versions available. The “clean” and “explicit” versions are available oniTunes. There is also another version which is more explicit than the one available on iTunes, released as the B-side to “Guilty Conscience” on the CD single. The Explicit version on iTunes contains reverb on the backing vocals – the kids voice – in the beginning of the song while the backing vocals on the clean version does not. During the time the song was released, Eminem and Insane Clown Posse were having a “rap feud”. After the release of this song, Insane Clown Posse parodied this song with a song called “Slim Anus”. “My Name Is” was later re-released in 2005, on Eminem’s compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits. The song is mixed with Jay-Z‘s song “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” and Beck‘s song “Loser” on the video game DJ Hero. Eminem also made a remix of it, using the most explicit version, over the top of AC/DC‘s “Back In Black“.

The single “My Name Is” became Eminem’s first top 40 pop hit in the US. I was so surprise when I heard that, at time in the 1999.